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Clarence Saxby Chambliss, Jr. (born November 10, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Georgia and a member of the Republican Party. In the 110th Congress, Chambliss serves as the ranking Republican member of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, chairing the committee during the 109th Congress (2005–2007). In late January, Saxby Chambliss was named the ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee.
Early life
Saxby Chambliss, the son of an Episcopalian minister,was born in Warrenton, North Carolina. He graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1961. He attended Louisiana Tech University from 1961–1962 and earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of ...

In late January, Saxby Chambliss was named the ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee.
It is a committee that does much of its work behind closed doors flanked by armed guards. National secrets are the committee’s stock in trade. And the very first one handed to the new vice chairman, by CIA Director Leon Panetta, was a doozy:
Osama bin Laden, author of 9/11, was thought to be hiding behind the walls of a compound in a Pakistani city named after a 19th-century British general, James Abbott. (A pity his nickname wasn’t “Bud.”)
If, in fact, the ...

U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) said Wednesday that a derogatory slur left on an Internet discussion over the rights of gays to serve in the U.S. military appears to have originated from his office.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported on the message in question on Tuesday evening:
The comment was posted on Joe.My.God., a blog dedicated to gay and lesbian issues, shortly after a Democratic bid to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" faltered in the U.S. Senate.
"All [gays] must die," wrote the commenter, identifying himself as "Jimmy."
The blog's readers traced the Internet Protocol ...

Moments before he died, Osama bin Laden may have gotten a brief glimpse of what was headed his way – as a bullet whizzed by his head.
U.S. commandos missed with their first shot at the world’s most wanted man poked his head out of a third-floor room in his fortress, according to U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Bin Laden ducked back in, and the Navy SEALS quickly followed and finished the job, Chambliss said in a telephone interview this afternoon.
The missed shot was a new detail in the emerging story of the 40-minute raid ...

Chambliss Delivers Farewell Address on Senate Floor“We as Americans are so fortunate to live in the greatest country in the world. A country where the American Dream is still alive and well. A country where in spite of all our problems, we are the envy of the free world. A country where a preacher’s kid from rural southern Georgia can rise to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and then to the U.S. Senate.”
WASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., senior senator of Georgia and vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), delivered his farewell address on the U.S. Senate floor marking his retirement from U.S. Congress after nearly 20 years of service.
Video footage of Chambliss’ remarks is available HERE.
A high definition video file of his speech in full can be downloaded at the following link: https://lfts.senate.gov/seos/1000/mpd/ui26122014776a2d7d2d4fb0bb57d1d9d2521f18d1
A transcript of Chambliss’ remarks as delivered is below. For additional informat

Chambliss Supports FY 2015 National Defense Authorization ActWASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted in favor of the FY 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes funding for the Department of Defense (DoD) and national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 89-11, and the bill will now go to the President’s desk for his signature. Upon supporting final passage in the Senate, Chambliss released the following statement:
“While our military is faced with difficult budgetary decisions, we must ensure our troops are prepared to confront the serious threats and conflicts before our country today. This bill provides necessary resources to equip and protect our men and women in uniform and supports vital missions, including many in Georgia, that are critical to our national defense. I’m particularly proud that a prov

Chambliss Statement on Nomination of Ash Carter to be U.S. Secretary of DefenseWASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the President’s nomination of Ash Carter to be U.S. Secretary of Defense:
“I have known Ash Carter for many years, and he is a qualified and well-prepared nominee to be our nation’s next Secretary of Defense. Currently, the United States is engaged in significant military conflicts in various parts of the world at a time when the Pentagon also faces more limited resources due to budgetary constraints. Confronting these challenges will be difficult but if given needed flexibility by the White House to make important decisions, I am confident in Ash’s ability. He will be a strong leader for the Department of Defense, and I support his confirmation.”
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Chambliss, McConnell React to Public Release of Senate Democrats’ CIA Detention and Interrogation ReportWASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), issued the following statement regarding the public release of the declassified version of the executive summary, findings and conclusions, and minority views to the committee’s study of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program:
“As we have both stated before, we are opposed to this study and believe it will present serious consequences for U.S. national security. Regardless of what one’s opinions may be on these issues, the study by Senate Democrats is an ideologically motivated and distorted recounting of historical events. The fact that the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation program developed significant intelligence that helped us identify and capture important al-Qa’ida terrorists, disrupt their ongoing plotting, and take down Usama Bin Ladin is inc